BuyFromEU

I was getting disappointed with the quality of Converse boots before this whole thing kicked off. My partner suggested I try the French brand Paladium. The quality is much better. Apparently, the French paras use them. All I can say is they are more comfortable and last longer than my Converse ever did.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27384100

The global backlash against the second Donald Trump administration keeps on growing. Canadians have boycotted US-made products, anti–Elon Musk posters have appeared across London amid widespread Tesla protests, and European officials have drastically increased military spending as US support for Ukraine falters. Dominant US tech services may be the next focus.

There are early signs that some European companies and governments are souring on their use of American cloud services provided by the three so-called hyperscalers. Between them, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) host vast swathes of the Internet and keep thousands of businesses running. However, some organizations appear to be reconsidering their use of these companies’ cloud services—including servers, storage, and databases—citing uncertainties around privacy and data access fears under the Trump administration.

“There’s a huge appetite in Europe to de-risk or decouple the over-dependence on US tech companies, because there is a concern that they could be weaponized against European interests,” says Marietje Schaake, a nonresident fellow at Stanford’s Cyber Policy Center and a former decadelong member of the European Parliament.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59517739

I made my first order on otto.de a few days ago. I even installed their app, as I had Amazon app before, so it is easy to see my orders and invoices. It worked excelent, I found what I needed. What I was pleasantly surprised with, was that I did not need to enter a payment card. I just made my order, things came in 2 batches, different days, and I have about a month to pay them.

When I went to pay them, you have the option to pay each one, or all of them at once. I chose all, I’ve got a QR code, scanned it with my bank app and made the transfer. Painless and not using anything US made. Well, the phone I am on and the iPad…but you know what I mean, no VISA/Mastercard, etc.

And from what I heard, they have stricter rules of who can be a merchant on their website, compared to Amazon.

Shoutout to u/ScientiaEtVeritas on Reddit

Absolutely not something to be given for granted.

Shoutout to u/UnusualInstance6 on Reddit

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/30955168

cross-posted from: https://europe.pub/post/54802

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/41287688

Just a friendly reminder that American immigrants to the EU are not part of the boycott.

Our small American BBQ restaurant is actually around because of our neighbors - tourists in the summer are great, but it was our neighborhood that supports us during the off season & especially during COVID.

also....ribs are delicious

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27325829

I asked on Mastodon a few minutes ago if Alternativeto.net was going to add any country fields or badges in order to make it easier for users like us to choose and already got this answer! Feel free to go boost favorite/boost their answer here.

Shoutout to u/SwordInStone on Reddit

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/9748320

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27366664

I made this so people can choose their own brands and adjust language and text so the message can be spread as widely as possible. For many countries the default suggestions are good, but for some you'll have to work a bit to fill in appropriate text, products to avoid and alternatives. I upload improvements to the site several times weekly.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/9685182

For those among us who are menstruating: drip. is a very neat little period tracking app that offers basic tracking functions and fertility planning. All data is only stored locally.

It is open source and was developed in Germany. It's available on Android and iOS.

More information in https://dripapp.org/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/41226710

Headquarters: An d. Kolonnade 11, 10117 Berlin, Germany.

They have just recently implemented WPA 3 support and are rolling out VoLTE functionality for the models: Volla Phone X23 and Volla Phone 22.

You can buy an used android phone on the compatibility list to try out the experience. Let's support these talented developers!

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Quite some of the companies in these three lists are American so they might not be the best eu alternatives, but still wanted to share these three lists.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/59111675

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/30856444